1 charged, 1 sought in carjacking

Chicago police have a 25-year-old man in custody and are searching for a second man for car theft and a carjacking that led to a pedestrian being struck on the Gold Coast before a crash early Tuesday.

James Crosby of the 900 block of North Hudson Avenue was charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking, leaving the scene of an accident that involved injury, aggravated fleeing an accident that involved bodily injury and aggravated fleeing from police, Officer John Mirabelli said.

Crosby and another man allegedly stole a car on the South Side at about 2:19 a.m. before driving to the 700 block of North Wells Street. The two men split up, and one of them carjacked a Cadillac Escalade before driving east on Chicago Avenue, police said.

The Escalade then struck a pedestrian at the intersection of Division and Dearborn Streets without stopping. An officer on foot saw the Escalade strike the pedestrian and chased after it while contacting other patrols, police said.

The Escalade then struck a car at Michigan Avenue and Chestnut Street, and Crosby was taken into custody, police said. Officers recovered a gun from the scene.

The suspect was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was treated for non-life threatening injuries.